National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath

The great American novel reimagined

Forced to travel West in search of a promised land, the Joad family embark on an epic journey across America in the hope of finding work and a new life in California. Their story is one of false hopes, wrong turns and broken dreams, but also a hymn to human kindness and a tribute to the endurance of the human spirit.

Cherry Jones

(Ma Joad)

Harry Treadaway

(Tom Joad)

Natey Jones

(Jim Casy)

Zoe Aldrich

(Elizabeth Sandry / Second Agricultural Officer / Understudy Granma Joad & Ma Joad)

Afolabi Alli

(Muley Graves / Floyd Knowles / Ensemble / Understudy Jim Casy & Mr. Wainwright)

Rhys Bailey

(Winfield Joad / Understudy Noah Joad, Al Joad, Man in the Barn's Son)

Rachel Barnes

(Band Vocal / Accordion / Understudy First Agricultural Officer/Mrs Knowles/Woman Shot in Hand/ Bookkeeper)

Brandon Bassir

(Camp Proprietor / First Officer / Second Man / First Man with Club / Understudy Tom Joad & Willy's Accomplice)

Lin Blakley

(Granma Joad)

Tom Bulpett

(Noah Joad / Understudy Weedpatch Camp Director & Mayor of Hooverville)

Morgan Burgess

(Band Vocal / Guitar / Slide Guitar / Second Officer / Hooper Ranch Guard)

Ryan Ellsworth

(Willy / Man Going Back / Mayor of Hooverville / Man in Barn / Understudy Grampa/Contractor/Pa Joad/Uncle John)

Ryan Ellsworth

(Ensemble / Understudy Band/Agnes Wainwright/Ruthie Joad/Gas Station Attendant)

Christopher Godwin

(Grampa Joad / Contractor)

Valentine Hanson

(First Agricultural Officer / Weedpatch Camp Director / Camp Guard / Mr Wainwright)

Greg Hicks

(Pa Joad)

Harley Johnston

(Gas Station Attendant / Second Man with Club / Willy's Accomplice)

William Lawlor

(The Man in the Barn's Son)

Mirren Mack

(Rose of Sharon)

Maimuna Memon

(Band Vocal / Banjo / Woman with Guitar)

Matthew Romain

(Band Vocal / Fiddle / Deputy Sheriff / Understudy Man Going Back/Man in Barn/Second Man)

Anish Roy

(Connie Rivers / Understudy Second Older Man)

Michael Shaeffer

(Uncle John)

Robyn Sinclair

(Mrs Knowles / Agnes Wainwright / Ensemble / Understudy Woman with Guitar/Mrs Wainwright)

Tucker St Ivany

(Al Joad)

Emma Tracey

(Ruthie Joad / Understudy Rose of Sharon)

Cath Whitefield

(Gas Station Owner / Bookkeeper / Mrs Wainwright / Ensemble / Understudy Elizabeth Sandry/Second Agricultural Officer)